If he needed help, he could reasonable expect others to come to his aid. Seems characteristic of the profession. Especially for someone of his stature. People w

If he needed help, he could reasonable expect others to come to his aid. Seems characteristic of the profession. Especially for someone of his stature. People would hear of his situation and come forward with offers of aid and hospitality. "Yes, please come to IAS, here's a room, stay as long as you want." Now, he might not want to accept such offers, I don't know. He seems to dislike the academy. In which case he might prefer to suffer alone, than dirty himself w/ prizes and associations. But the idea that he wouldn't have other resources to draw on, short of the $1M prize, seems wrong.